In an hours-long hearing, advocates and lawmakers shared their views on why more access to hygiene products in prisons, jails ...

A man has appeared in court charged with absconding from an open prison on New Year's Day. Aaron Thomas was arrested in ...

Eugert Merizaj was handed a 32-year sentence in May 2022 for the shotgun killing of rival drug dealer Hemawand Ali Hussein ...

A year ago, Syria’s new leader pledged to 'close the notorious prisons' run by Bashar al-Assad. But prisons and detention centers are again operating. And beatings, extortion and other abuses have ...

Nick Reiner finally spoke in court this week. Just five words. And from where I was sitting - only a few feet away inside a ...

Nick Reiner's attorney, Alan Jackson, withdrew from his murder case moments before his arraignment. Reiner, accused of ...

The Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt abuse case, involving cult-like beliefs and severe child mistreatment, is examined in ...

She sent people to languish in the prison known for torturing inmates. Now she says how they're treated isn't her ...

Terry Gilliam's 1995 post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller has kept audiences confused since its release, but the key lies in the ...

In a lawsuit, the widow of a man who died in the Wayne County Correctional Facility says “pervasive mold” in the jail ...

A 50-year-old state prison inmate in Yuma died Dec. 11 after he was apparently attacked by fellow inmates, state corrections officials say. The death of Leon Indian, who was in prison serving a ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A former inmate is seeking a $75,000 settlement from Lucas County after surveillance video shows a corrections sergeant slamming his handcuffed head into a door frame in August.